KLT exams end on positive note

The second and last day of Korean Language Test (KLT), one of the key processes of getting job in South Korea under employment permit system (EPS), completed here peacefully on March 30.
"The exam was peaceful," said Keshar Bahadur Baniya, director general at the department of labour and employment promotion.
Out of around 31,000 aspirant jobseekers applied for the KLT, 18,000 appeared in the exam yesterday and the rest appeared today. The exam centres were fixed in the 18 centres in Kathmandu valley only.
It was jointly arranged by EPS section of DoLEP and the Human Resource Department of Korea but conducted by the Tribhuvan University (TU). The applicants appeared for the written as well as listening and reading test for EPS-KLT.
South Korea has emerged as the most preferred destination for Nepali jobseekers because of better earnings and cheaper initial cost to get job under EPS. Nepal and South Korea had signed a memorandum of understanding in July last year. The agreement has set proficiency of the Korean language as a major condition of eligibility for employment in South Korea.

Out of a total 31,900 aspirant jobseekers, who have applied for the Korean Language Test (KLT) — a first step in the process of getting jobs in South Korea under employment permit system (EPS) — 18,000 appeared in the exam in 18 different exam centre in the valley on March 29.
"18,000 job-aspirant appeared in the exam today, while 13,000 will appear tomorrow," said Keshar Bahadur Baniya, director general (DG) at the department of labour and employment promotion (DoLEP).
The exam is jointly arranged by EPS section of DoLEP and the Human Resource Department of Korea but conducted by the Tribhuvan University (TU). The applicants appeared for the written as well as listening and reading test for EPS-KLT.
EPS unit had set up office at the Dhasharath Stadium, Tripureswar to receive forms. The 31,900 candidates had filled up the forms for the test during the five-day long registration from March 15-19. The Korean HRD officials will take the answer sheets — after the exams tomorrow — back to Korea for final marking and the results will be announced later through public media.
Each candidate had deposited Nepali rupees equivalent to $17 (approximately Rs 1,100) for the test.
Under the exam, listening test and reading test carry 100 marks with each test to be concluded in 40 minutes and 50 minutes respectively.
South Korea has emerged as the most preferred destination for Nepali jobseekers because of better earnings and cheaper initial cost to get job under EPS. "It will cost only Rs 65,000," Baniya informed.
Nepal and South Korea had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in July last year. The agreement has set proficiency of the Korean language as a major condition of eligibility for employment in South Korea.